{"id":97669,"date":"2024-07-30T18:26:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T08:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=54968"},"modified":"2024-07-30T18:26:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T08:26:34","slug":"north-england-rail-bridge-arrives-by-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=97669","title":{"rendered":"North England rail bridge arrives by road"},"content":{"rendered":"

Castleton Bridge, which spans the Transpennine M62 motorway, is being renewed. British infrastructure agency Network Rail had prepared Greater Manchester for disruption. Rebuilding the bridge, requires serval closures of the motorway. Those closures have included one for the delivery of huge 42-metre-long beams for the bridge superstructure.<\/strong>
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The M62 motorway is a critical west-east communications corridor across the North of England, connecting Liverpool with Manchester, Leeds and Hull. However, the railway at Castleton, between Manchester and Rochdale, is a vital south-north link, too, carrying mixed traffic, including an annual burden of 3,000 freight trains. The bridge that carries the railway over the motorway is life-expired, and renewal works are underway. The very biggest single components – a pair of steel beams for the bridge – have been delivered to a specially built compound, in a project cargo move across three countries.<\/p>\n

Overnight closures on the motorway<\/h2>\n

It may not be the biggest project on the UK railway network, but it could be the most disruptive – at least in the short term. Network Rail is investing more than \u00a322m (\u20ac25.75m) to rebuild a major railway bridge that takes trains over the M62 in Castleton, near Rochdale. The project will involve the first-ever weekend closure of the M62. In preparation, a partial closure was required to deliver two 42m beams, which will be the mainstay of the replacement bridge.<\/p>\n